Safari wiped!?!

I'm on a Windows machine right now, so it only gives me the option to download the Windows version. Still - you can take a look and see if you can reinstall Safari.

http://www.apple.com/safari/
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

zinahurst wrote:
Thanks but I don't know how to get on the internet without Safari. Any ideas? Firefox is not on there and as far as I can tell, Safari was her only internet explorier.

I tried and can't seem to access the download unless I'm on an Apple machine. The download is also pretty large. If you can get the dmg "package" then you might be able to transfer it via an external hard drive or USB flash drive. I could try when I get home, but would you be able to receive a large file like that?

I thought this would work, but it just mirrors back to the latest Safari page. I've tried a few older pages, but they always just redirect to the latest download page when I try to download.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/safari311.html

The one thing about Mac OSX is that it is remarkably simple to remove an application by just dragging the entire application to the trash. You might consider getting another web browser installed on her machine as a backup.

zinahurst wrote:
I deleted Safari.....*I guess*.....nothing happens now when I click on it.

Since your not quite sure if it's deleted or not, why don't you try command-space bar (to open Spotlight) and type in Safari to see if you just can't find it. -GDF

The above post is the way to go here. FWIW, I've accidently also deleted icons from the dock and the only way to get them back is to find the application on the hard drive and put it back on the dock manually.

To accidently delete Safari you would have to drag the application to the trash can and I think you would know if you did that.

zinahurst wrote:
But, I do wonder if maybe I did drag it to the trash?!?

Even then you should be able to drag it back out of trash UNLESS you emptied the trash.

I downloaded the Safari 3.1.2 package for Leopard when I got home. It does require a browser running OSX to access that rather than let's say a Windows version. There's a direct link, but I don't want to get in trouble for doing an end-around with their download scheme. I think it would be OK to transfer it (the end user agreement says something about it being OK once) and I doubt that Apple would get upset over it. It's 38 MB though.

I started thinking about it, and you might try two things. The first would be to run Software Update (the little Apple logo on the top bar and click on "Software Update". I'm thinking if Safari isn't located, it might try and reinstall it as well as install other updates.

The other thing you might try is to install Firefox. You can easily access the Mac version's download package on any machine and transfer the contents to the MacBook. Once Firefox is installed on the MacBook, you can access the Safari package and the download page should recognize that you're on OSX. The OSX version of the Firefox download is on the following link:

http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.3&os=osx&lang= en-US
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

Good luck and let us know how it turns out.